Record Details
| NHER Number: | 2991 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Roman pottery sherd, quern fragment and animal remains |
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Summary
In 1948 some fragment of Roman pottery, half a quern stone, some antler and a number of bones including those of deer, dog and horse, were recovered from this area.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 0129 1932 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG01NW |
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| Parish: | SWANTON MORLEY, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1948. By river (south side) near site of Bronze bowl and cauldron.
Roman pottery and fragment of rotary quern found.
R. R. Clarke (NCM).
2nd - 3rd century pie dish, half lower stone puddingstone quern, also Red Deer antler, ox horn, dog and horse bones.
Note the name of this area: Burgh Common.
E. Rose (NAU).
March 2008. Watching Brief.
Monitoring of groundworks, including levelling of bank. From Context 100.
At the western end of the area a small copper- alloy buckle with the word 'Paris' stamped on it was recovered. It appears to be of early modern date. Two slots were excavated from the northern face of the bank to a depth of approximately 2m. Metal detecting in the area produced an iron horseshoe of early pattern, some animal bones and a small lead fishing weight.
See report (S1) for further details. See also (S2).
The archive associated with this work has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2016.64).
H White (NLA), 12 November 2008. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 20 June 2019.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Unknown date)
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds
- NET SINKER (Unknown date)
- ANIMAL REMAINS (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- ANIMAL REMAINS (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- ANIMAL REMAINS (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- QUERN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- HORSESHOE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 01 NW 5 [2]. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Roman. Swanton Morley. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Unpublished Contractor Report: Hobbs, B. 2008. An Archaeological Watching Brief on land adjacent to the River Wensum, Burgh Common, Swanton Morley, Norfolk. NAU Archaeology. 1789. |
| <S2> | Slide: Various. Slide. 1-3. |
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